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BMW is in talks with Japanese auto manufacture Mitsubishi to build cars at their Dutch based factory. The factory is currently producing the Mitsubishi Colt and Outlander SUV but production is scheduled to end at the end of the year.

BMW has been tight lipped on the details but with the growing number of cars in the pipe line BMW production capacity must be limited. It is also possible BMW could use the factory to build the growing line of MINI cars and SUVs.

Would a BMW built in the Neatherlands bother you? Would it be more or less appealing then a BMW's currently built in South Africa?

News reports here say BMW is talking with Nedcar about a short term contract to assemble MINIs.
Nedcar is due to stop building cars for Mitsubishi at the end of 2012. BMW needs additional capacity but only until the expansion of their UK plants is complete.

Nedcar could be ideal. They are a complete all-in-one plant with a press shop, body shop, paint shop and final assembly all at one site. Nedcar is the old DAF plant. It became a Volvo plant when Volvo took over DAF. At some point the plant became a joint venture with Mitsubishi. We owned a US spec Volvo V40 that was built there.

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News reports here say BMW is talking with Nedcar about a short term contract to assemble MINIs.
Nedcar is due to stop building cars for Mitsubishi at the end of 2012. BMW needs additional capacity but only until the expansion of their UK plants is complete.

Nedcar could be ideal. They are a complete all-in-one plant with a press shop, body shop, paint shop and final assembly all at one site. Nedcar is the old DAF plant. It became a Volvo plant when Volvo took over DAF. At some point the plant became a joint venture with Mitsubishi. We owned a US spec Volvo V40 that was built there.